Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2026-06-10

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Jun 10
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
163 head
58 vs last sale 105 71 vs year ago 92 · +77.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
26 vs last sale 8 16 vs year ago 18 · +88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. No replacement cattle reported.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $359.34/cwt on 21 head, down $13.15 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits 12.63 against this barn's trailing median of $371.98.
Average price
$359.34
13.15 vs prior sale
21 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
23.92
vs AL average
41.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520378.331,9673thin
Medium and Large 2547356.181,94918thin
One grade step is worth $22.15/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales
426390354319median 371.9803/1104/0804/2906/1708/12
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $411.54, low $332.53, median $371.98 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
359.34
AL average16 barns · 447 hd
383.27
−23.92
National average163 barns · 8,321 hd
400.52
−41.18
This barn, trailing median9 sales
371.98
−12.63
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,677213.213,5744thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,419183.752,6088thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,190173.872,0698thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low998148.621,4833thin

Every lot, as filed

36 lots · USDA AMS · Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,790218.55/cwt218.00–219.003,9122
CowsBoner 80-85%1,212171.23/cwt168.00–174.002,0755
CowsBoner 80-85%1,153178.27/cwt176.00–180.002,0553
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,443182.40/cwt181.00–184.002,6325
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,380186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,5673
CowsLean 85-90%998148.62/cwt146.00–150.001,4833
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600575364.83/cwt360.00–370.002,0982
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650625362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,2632
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420445.56/cwt440.00–452.001,8713
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500476420.32/cwt410.00–430.002,0015
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550527379.90/cwt350.00–407.002,0026
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450440449.89/cwt440.00–460.001,9802
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450426411.85/cwt400.00–430.001,75417
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650625380.00/cwt375.00–385.002,3752
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300280534.82/cwt530.00–540.001,4972
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330484.85/cwt480.00–490.001,6002
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650633335.10/cwt330.00–340.002,1212
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500479379.31/cwt370.00–400.001,81710
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400380453.07/cwt440.00–470.001,7223
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550533431.19/cwt425.00–435.002,2984
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500473437.46/cwt435.00–440.002,0696
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400388463.09/cwt455.00–470.001,7978
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600586344.48/cwt340.00–347.002,0196
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550528362.03/cwt360.00–370.001,91212
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400360495.93/cwt490.00–505.001,7855
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500470394.89/cwt390.00–400.001,8564
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600575380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1856
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450433374.60/cwt360.00–390.001,6223
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550510364.95/cwt360.00–370.001,8614
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500487346.87/cwt340.00–360.001,6895
Bulls1,563207.87/cwt205.00–211.003,2492
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450413467.52/cwt465.00–470.001,9312
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300277618.13/cwt615.00–625.001,7123
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350333564.48/cwt555.00–580.001,8803
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400363534.97/cwt530.00–540.001,9422
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520378.33/cwt375.00–380.001,9673

How this sale compares

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.